VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2002-2438

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability3.74%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-05-18
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

TCP firewalls could be circumvented by sending a SYN Packets with other flags (like e.g. RST flag) set, which was not correctly discarded by the Linux TCP stack after firewalling.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Primary references